7Racial Discrimination Act

7  Racial Discrimination Act  (1) This Act is intended to be read and construed subject to the provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.  (2) Subsection (1) means only that:  (a) the provisions of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 apply to the performance of functions and the exercise of powers conferred by or authorised by this Act; and  (b) to construe this Act, and thereby to determine its operation, ambiguous terms should be construed consistently with the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 if that construction would remove the ambiguity.  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not affect the validation of past acts or intermediate period acts in accordance with this Act.